Wagon-hayrack carriage



J. S. MYERS. WAGON HAYRACK CARRIAGE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. I921.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

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ATTORNEY WITNESSES JACOB S. MYERS, 0F HAGERSTO'WN, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 WARREN MURRAY IBAECHTEL AND JOSEPH 351'. HOFFMAN, BOTH 0.1 HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND.

WAGON-HAYRACK CARRIAGE.

Application filed. March 2,

To all 10 ham it may concern Be it known that I, Jason S. Mrs-Rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hagerstown, in the county of Washington and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in lVagon-Hay rack Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a wagon hay-rack carriage characterized by simplicity, lightness and strength in construction, and capacity of expansion and contraction as to height and width in order to adapt it to racks of various depths and widths, and also capable of free endwise movement on a rack with but little friction and without liability of edgewise displacement.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating my novel carriage in proper position on a wagon hay rack.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged end elevation of the same.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 4.-& of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

In accordance with my invention the wagon hay rack includes longitudinal side rails 1 in parallelism, and a depressed central portion; the said central portion being preferably made up of longitudinal spaced bars 2, connected by transverse hangers 3 with the side rails. When desired the rack may also be provided with a longitudinal floor board a, fixed on the hangers 3 and arranged between the bars 2. This, however, is not of the essence of my invention inasmuch as the wagon hay rack may be of any construction in which the side rails 1 are disposed in a horizontal plane above that of the portion of the rack between the said side rails.

It is within the purview of my invention to employ any means for the convenient end- Wise movement of my novel carriage on the Specification of Letters Patent.

1921. Serial N0. 449,099.

rack. I prefer, however, to employ a trans verse winding shaft 6, mounted on one end of the rack and having a crank 7 at one end the said shaft being connected to and adapted to take up a cable 8 which is connected at one end to the shaft and is passed about a sheave 9 on the carriage and is connected at its opposite end to one end of the rack.

As hereinbefore indicated my present invention resides in the carriage for endwise movement on the rack and designed to be used in the manner common to wagon hay rack carriages. In addition to a rectangular frame made up of longitudinal bars 10 and cross bars 11, my novel carriage comprises a platform disposed between and in a horizontal plane considerably below the longi-' tudinal bars 10; the said platform being made up of longitudinal bars 12 and cross slats 13 superimposed upon and connected to the bars 12. Intermediate of the ends of the said platform and the cross bars 11 of the rectangular frame are hangers by which the platform is suspended from the cross bars 11 of the frame and through the medium of which the depth of the carriage may be increased or diminished to adapt it to racks of various depths. The said hangers respectively comprise angle irons 14 and 15, connected to the platform and one cross bar 11, respectively; the upright side by side arms of the angle irons being each provided with a plurality of apertures 16 and being adjustably connected together through the medium of bolts 17 and nuts 18. By particular reference to Fig. 1 it will be observed that the cross bars 11 of the carriage are each provided with end portions in which are sets of apertures 19 for the reception of bolts 20 equipped with nuts 21 which connect the said cross bars 11 to the longitudinal frame bars 10. This provision manifestly permits of the carriage being increased or diminished in width so as to adapt it for use on racks of various widths. It will be apparent from the foregoing that my novel carriage is capable of being ex panded and contracted as to height and as to width. The carriage is preferably, though not necessarily, provided on one end portion of the platform with a ladder or upright 22, hinged at 23 to the platform and adapted when in use to bear against the inner side of the adjacent cross bar 11. When not in use the ladder or upright 22 is adapted to be swung downwardly so as to rest adjacent to the platform of the carriage and be out of the way. To prevent lateral deflection of the carriage on the side rails or track rails 1 of the rack I provide the longitudinal bars 10 of the carriage frame with angle brackets 24 the pendent portions of which rest out wardly beyond the outer side edges of the bars '1 and are equipped with anti-friction rollers 25 so as to contribute to the ease with Which the carriage may be moved on'the rack and so as to avert frictional wear of the side bars 1'. The longitudinal bars 10 ot' the carriage are also provided at their un- V dersides and adjacent to their ends with. bearings 26 in which are mounted anti-friction rollers or Wheels-26 designed to be superimposed and to travel upon the side bars 1 of the rack and thereby facilitate movement of the carriage on the rack.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

A Wagon hay-rack carriage including in its construction upright lapped portions adjustably connected together; whereby the carriage may be increased and diminished in depth, and also includingin its construction horizontal transverse portions and horizontal longitudinal portions adj ustably connected to the transverse portions whereby the carriage may be increased and diminished in Width, rollers carried by and under the said longitudinal horizontal portions and arranged to bear on the side rails of a wagon bed, pendent portions carried by said longitudinal horizontal portions, and rollers mounted on said pendent portions and arranged to'bear against the outer edges of said rails.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

aeon s MYERS. 

